Valve Steam Deck | Top Tech Of 2021?
Welcome to TechTeezy. In today's video we'll be looking at the Valve Steam Deck and the Top 4 Reasons I Love It!.
Valve's new handheld is all set to take the gaming industry by storm. The Steam Deck is unique because it's not exactly another handheld console, but a portable PC instead. The best part? It doesn't cost as much as a typical gaming PC.
Valve's Steam Deck has the upper hand in many departments over its primary competitor, the Nintendo Switch. If you're waiting for the Switch Pro, this is as close as you can get for now. Here, we'll go through all the things we like about the all-new Steam Deck.
The Steam Deck can be used as a PC.
Being able to dock and play games on the big screen is the standout feature of the Nintendo Switch. Well, guess what? Valve's Steam Deck can do it too. In fact, it takes the docking experience to a whole new level.
Since the Steam Deck is a portable PC, you can dock it and connect your external display for a full-fledged desktop PC experience. Of course, you can hook it up to your TV and just play games if that's all you need.
The Steam Deck is arguably the most versatile handheld we've seen so far that can replace both your computer and your gaming console. Valve plans to sell a dock separately for an undisclosed price, but the Steam Deck will be compatible with existing third-party USB-C docking stations on the market.
The Steam Deck can run windows.
Linux isn't everyone's cup of tea, especially for gamers. Despite everything Valve is doing to maximize compatibility, you will probably run into issues with some games in one way or the other.
Well, the Steam Deck has that covered too. If you want Windows on it, you can install it just as you would on a normal PC.
Installing Windows will further widen the possibilities of what you can do with this handheld machine. Just think about it for a minute. You can use your Game Pass Ultimate subscription and turn your Steam Deck into a portable Xbox console.
However, it's worth noting that the Steam Deck works best with SteamOS. So, installing a third-party OS like Windows may impact the performance and battery life of the device to some extent. If you're someone who really likes to experiment, you can install other operating systems like Ubuntu or ChromeOS too.
The Steam Deck is priced competitively.
Valve has set an aggressive price tag for the Steam Deck, especially for what it's capable of. It definitely doesn't look like a high-profit device for the company but this is necessary to compete against the Nintendo Switch.
The Steam Deck starts at just $399 for the base model with 64GB of eMMC storage. While 64GB is good enough for casual games, this wouldn't be enough to store the massive PC games that came out these days.
Take a look at Red Dead Redemption 2 that weighs in at 150GB, for example. Therefore, most PC gamers would have to get the 256GB or 512GB model with faster NVMe drives that cost $529 and $649, respectively.
The pricing for the higher-end models makes sense since NVMe SSDs are expensive. And if you don't want to spend too much on storage, you can always get a microSD card for cheap instead.
The Steam Deck Doesn’t lock you into steam games.
Since Valve owns the Steam store, it makes perfect sense why the Steam Deck would prioritize it. But the good news is that you can access third-party stores like Epic Games or EA Origin on the Steam Deck since it's pretty much a PC running the Linux-based SteamOS. Anything that you can do on a Linux PC, the Steam Deck can do it too.
So, you can use it as your pocket computer. Many gamers would be skeptical about game support on Linux, but to alleviate such issues, Valve has integrated Proton, a compatibility layer that allows Windows games to run on the system.
Conclusion:
The Steam Deck is arguably the most exciting PC hardware we've seen in years, and it's everything that we could've asked for from the Switch Pro. Considering Nintendo isn't planning to release Switch 2.0 anytime soon, Valve has the upper hand here.
With an attractive price tag, impressive hardware, and a great selection of games, the Steam Deck looks to be the ultimate handheld gaming machine that can transform into your personal computer whenever you want it to.
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